Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Gasoline crack spreads dip on slow trading

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refinery profit margins fell by 57 cents to $14.44 a barrel on Monday as trading liquidity fell.

• About 10,000 metric tons of Eurobob E5 gasoline traded on barges on Monday, down from 18,000 tons on Friday, as Glencore and Equinor sold to Gunvor, Aramco Trading and Exxon Mobil.

• No Eurobob E10 gasoline barges traded for a second consecutive session.

• India's fuel consumption climbed to a six-month high in November, rising 5.5% from October to 21.27 million tons, according to data from the oil ministry. Sales of gasoline totalled 3.52 million tons, easing 4.1% from October but 2.6% higher than the same month last year.

• China's annual car sales dropped 8.5% in November in a second straight monthly decline, for their biggest fall in 10 months, data showed on Monday, amid a waning scramble to buy vehicles before government subsidies dwindle at year-end.

• Exxon Mobil XOM.N, Saudi's Aramco 2222.SE and Samref on Monday signed an agreement to evaluate a significant upgrade of the Samref refinery in Yanbu, and an expansion of the facility into an integrated petrochemical complex.

• EU and UK gasoline exports to other regions hit 948,000 barrels per day last month, broadly steady from October levels, Kpler data shows. December exports along the route are so far tracking at 288,000 bpd.